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French All-in-One For Dummies, with CD
Your comprehensive guide to speaking, reading, and writing in FrenchFrench is a beautiful language but can be quite difficult to learn. Whether you need to learn the language for a French class, or for business or leisure travel, French for Dummies All-In-One makes it easier.
With nearly 800 pages, French All-in-One For Dummies is for those readers looking for a comprehensive guide to help them immerse themselves in the French language.
- Culls vital information from several Dummies titles, offering you a comprehensive, all-encompassing guide to speaking and using French
- Includes French Canadian content and enhanced practiced opportunities
- Its accompanying audio CD provides you with en effective tool to start speaking French right away
Both new students of French and experienced speakers can benefit from the wealth of information that has been included in French All-in-One For Dummies.
CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of the e-book file, but are available for download after purchase.
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What They Didn’t Teach Me on My PGCE: and other routes into teaching (Sarah Mullin)
Teacher training programmes are incredibly valuable, yet there is a limit to what can be taught in a short amount of time. Teachers are always learning and always growing as professionals. What They Didn’t Teach Me on My PGCE captures the voices of over 200 educators who share their heartfelt advice, top tips, honest reflections, disastrous experiences and laugh-out-loud anecdotes about early career teaching. This is not an instruction manual, as all teaching is complex and situational; rather we invite you to ‘dip in and out’ of each chapter as you navigate the recurring themes, patterns and paradoxes. We hope you will be inspired, uplifted, amused and engaged as you reflect on these experiences, comparing them with your own, and celebrate being a member of the teaching profession.Read more
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Pearson REVISE BTEC National Sport and Exercise Science Revision Guide inc online edition – 2023 and 2024 exams and assessments: for home learning, … BTEC Nationals in Sport…
Exam Board: Pearson BTEC
Academic Level: BTEC National
Subject: Sport and Exercise Science
First teaching: September 2016
First Exams: Summer 2017- The Revision Guide is accompanied by an ActiveBook (eBook) so that learners have the choice and flexibility to access materials anytime or anywhere.
- The visually engaging format breaks the content down into easily-digestible sections for students and provides hassle-free instant-access revision for learners.
- Clear specification fit, with revision activities and annotated sample responses for each unit to show students how to tackle the assessed tasks.
- Written with students in mind – in an informal voice that talks directly to them.
- Designed to be used alongside the Workbook with clear unit-by-unit correspondence to make it easy to use the books together.
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A level Politics UK Revision: Detailed Plans, Exemplar Questions & Sources: Edexcel Component 1&2
Ace your Edexcel A-level Politics exams with our Component 1 and 2 UK Revision Practice Guide. Includes 130+ essay questions, 3 sample sources for each topic from which to revise, and over 123 pages of detailed essay plans with up-to-date contemporary examples.
This is a bumper revision practice guide – 176 Pages.
Praise for the author from students:
The resources have lots of contemporary evidence, which is helpful when writing essays that would be in the top band. The resources were also simple and contained the right amount of knowledge needed, and they really helped me improve my grade in time for the exams. Angelica
I had been predicted no higher than a grade D and E for politics since year 12. After getting the essay plans and listening to his streams, I got an A*!!! I truly recommend Mr Patel. Zara
No one has ever made politics easier to understand than Mr Patel. His webinars, videos and essay plans are the most useful resources for A-level politics. After using his resources, politics finally makes more sense to me, and I feel so confident in my knowledge. Thank you so much for all your help! I highly recommend these resources as they are better than any textbook or revision guide that I have read. Hafsa
“Literally, the only reason I got an A*”. Jane A
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The Expert Teacher: Using pedagogical content knowledge to plan superb lessons
In ‘The Expert Teacher: Using pedagogical content knowledge to plan superb lessons’, Darren Mead presents an engaging, research-informed view on which teaching strategies work best to induce long-term learning in students.
But what does this look like in the classroom?
This question generally occurs to educators when they enquire into evidence-based approaches to teaching and often they will get to the end of a teaching manual only to find that it remains unanswered.
In ‘The Expert Teacher’, however, Darren Mead provides many of the answers.
One of the most universally respected teachers in Britain, Darren has devoted his professional life to attaining pedagogical excellence. In this book he examines in depth what expert teachers do to help students progress their learning and strive for academic success.
He lays bare the concept of pedagogical content knowledge and eloquently explains how to utilise it to overcome student misconceptions, create contexts and connections in learning and teach difficult and important content empowering educators to transform their subject knowledge into multiple means of representing it in teachable ways.
The intention of ‘The Expert Teacher’ is to help teachers to reflect on what and how they plan, how they teach and how to improvise around these plans, and to pave the way for deep professional thinking about best practice. It is split into two parts entitled How is Your Subject Learned? and Expert Teaching and Learning and provides educators with a variety of practical tools, illuminating examples and flexible frameworks geared to help them underpin and reinforce the very ampersand in expert teaching & learning.
A warning though: this book is not for teachers seeking quick fixes or superficial tricks. ‘The Expert Teacher’ is for educators who are eager to experience the excitement of knowing and teaching their subject masterfully.
Suitable for all teachers in all settings.
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The Neurodiversity Handbook for Trainee Teachers
Considering a neurodivergent world is vital in society today, and even more so in the classroom. This book will support your knowledge and development as a trainee teacher so you can better understand the complexities of working with neurodivergent pupils. Starting with a model of difference rather than deficit, this book will guide trainee teachers to understand neurodiversity within the classroom, providing strategies which aim to support their students.Dr Sarah Alix is Initial Teacher Training Programme Director with the Sigma Trust
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Pearson REVISE BTEC National Computing Revision Guide inc online edition – 2023 and 2024 exams and assessments: for home learning, 2022 and 2023 … exams (REVISE BTEC Nationals…
Exam Board: Pearson BTEC
Academic Level: BTEC National
Subject: Computing
First teaching: September 2016
First Exams: Summer 2017- The Revision Guide is accompanied by an ActiveBook (eBook) so that learners have the choice and flexibility to access materials anytime or anywhere.
- The visually engaging format breaks the content down into easily-digestible sections for students and provides hassle-free instant-access revision for learners.
- Clear specification fit, with revision activities and annotated sample responses for each unit to show students how to tackle the assessed tasks.
- Written with students in mind – in an informal voice that talks directly to them.
- Designed to be used alongside the Workbook with clear unit-by-unit correspondence to make it easy to use the books together.
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Italian AIO FD (For Dummies)
Learn to speak Italian like a native? Easy.Italian All-in-One For Dummies appeals to those readers looking for a comprehensive, all-encompassing guide to mastering the Italian language. It contains content from all For Dummies Italian language instruction titles, including Italian For Dummies, Intermediate Italian For Dummies, Italian Verbs For Dummies, Italian Phrases For Dummies, Italian Grammar For Dummies, and Italian For Dummies Audio Set.
- Offers readers interested in learning Italian a valuable reference to all aspects of this popular language
- The content appeals to students, travelers, and businesspeople who visit Italian-speaking countries
- An online companion site allows you to download audio tracks allows for more practice opportunities, as well as additional content empowering you to speak Italian like a native
Whether you’re a pure beginner or have some familiarity with the language, Italian All-in-One For Dummies, with downloadable audio practice online, is your ticket to speaking, and writing, Italian.
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Chromebook For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
The return of the bestselling Chromebook guide on the market
Chromebook For Dummies, Third Edition, is your easy-to-follow guide to the low-cost alternative to a traditional laptop. This beginner’s manual walks you through setting up your Chromebook, transitioning from using a traditional computer, and customizing the system to fit your needs. In case you’re wondering, the Chromebook can be used for anything you’d normally do online―checking email, browsing websites, watching videos. This book takes you through all of it, giving you the latest updates on new Chromebook hardware and software features. Navigate apps, apply advanced settings and features, and turn to this guide time and again as you customize and optimize your Chromebook’s performance.
- Get all the basics on using your Chromebook, in easy-to-follow Dummies style
- Set up and start using your Chromebook with ease
- Learn about the latest features in the Chrome operating system
- Discover the benefits of Chromebook versus traditional laptops
New and novice Chromebook users will love this approachable intro to Google’s little portable computer.
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Master the Oxbridge Interview: Medicine: The Ultimate Oxbridge Medical Interview Guide
‘Master the Oxbridge Interview: Biological Science’ is brought to you by Oxbridge Mind, an award-winning company of university experts. We’ve helped over 11,000 students with every aspect of their UK Oxbridge application, from the UCAS application, personal statement, admissions tests, interview, and more!
Packed with top tips and advice from experts and educational specialists, this book takes you through every aspect of the Oxbridge interview for Medicine, including sample interview answers and feedback. This book also includes bonus walkthrough interview tutorials covering medical concepts and medical ethics.
Contents:
- TIPS AND ADVICE FOR INTERVIEW
- GENERAL OXBRIDGE INTERVIEW SCENARIOS
- EXAMPLE QUESTIONS AND WORKED ANSWERS FOR:
- MEDICINE
- WITH BONUS WALKTHROUGH TUTORIALS!
- BIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE
- MEDICINE
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Applying to Medicine: The Ultimate Guide to the Medical Application 2024 Entry
‘Applying to Medicine’ is brought to you by Medic Mind, an award-winning company of doctors and medical experts. We’ve helped over 11,000 students with every aspect of their UK medical application, from the UCAT and BMAT to UCAS application, personal statement, medical interview, and more!
This ultimate medical application guide for 2024 entry is packed with top tips and advice from medical experts and educational specialists, this book takes you through every aspect of the medical school application process, including:
- CHOOSING A MEDICAL SCHOOL
- THE UCAS APPLICATION
- WRITING AN OUTSTANDING PERSONAL STATEMENT
- UCAT
- BMAT
- GAMSAT
- MEDICAL INTERVIEW
- MOCK MMI STATIONS
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The Teacher and the Teenage Brain: Understanding Adolescent Development, Teaching and Learning
The Teacher and the Teenage Brain is essential reading for all teachers and students of education. This book offers a fascinating introduction to teenage brain development and shows how this knowledge has changed the way we understand young people. It provides a critical insight into strategies for improving relationships in the classroom and helping both adults and teenagers cope better with this stage of life.
Dr John Coleman shows how teachers and students can contribute to healthy brain development. The book includes information about memory and learning, as well as guidance on motivation and the management of stress. Underpinned by his extensive work with schools, Dr Coleman offers advice on key topics including the importance of sleep, the social brain, moodiness, risk and risk-taking and the role of hormones. This book is extensively illustrated with examples from classrooms and interviews with teachers. It explicitly links research and practice to create a comprehensive, accessible guide to new knowledge about teenage brain development and its importance for education.
Accompanied by a website providing resources for running workshops with teachers and parents, as well as an outline of a lesson plan for students, The Teacher and the Teenage Brain offers an innovative approach to the understanding of the teenage brain. This book represents an important contribution to teacher training and to the enhancement of learning in the classroom.
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Equitable Education: What everyone working in education should know about closing the attainment gap for all pupils
An essential guide for trainees and teachers providing an in-depth understanding of the complex issues related to the attainment of key groups of disadvantaged pupils, and practical strategies for addressing these gaps.Read more
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Mrs B’s Intervention Pick n’ Mix!: A scoopful of exciting educational intervention ideas for teaching assistants, childminders, club leaders and parents.
Open the book to find an abundance of intervention ideas to keep the children in your care interested and wanting to learn more!Each activity comes with a comprehensive list of what you need to carry out the activity, how to carry it out, how it links to different parts of the curriculum and feedback from Sarah herself on how she has carried out and reviewed the activities.
So whether you are an experienced teaching assistant looking for some extra ideas, someone just starting out on their teaching assistant journey, a childminder, a parent or a club leader, there is sure to be an activity in here that you would love to try.
Sarah has worked in childcare since 1994 and has worked her way up from nursery assistant to nursery nurse to teaching assistant. Her expertise is mainly in Early Years but has adapted her activities for older children.
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Early Childhood Education: Current realities and future priorities
This book provides an overview of current practice, policy, and research in early childhood education across the UK. It brings together chapters on all core aspects of early years education and spotlighting vital new areas – each written by established and emerging stars in the field.
Each chapter features:
• an overview of research in the field
• critiques of relevant policy
• examples from current practice
• an agenda for the future
• suggestions for further reading and resources.
This text is an accessible and comprehensive read for students and practitioners in the early years sector alike.
Cathy Nutbrown is Professor of Education at the University of Sheffield and President of Early Education
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Grapheme Cards for Reception: Phases 2 and 3 (Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised)
Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic books that together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to teaching phonics.
Dimensions: 130x87mm (Cards)
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This complete set of Phase 2 and 3 grapheme cards support teaching and reviewing of grapheme-phoneme correspondences through engaging mnemonics that help children make a link between the grapheme and phoneme. They are also used to make words during Phase 2 and 3 teacher-led blending.
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Teaching Children to Listen in Primary Schools: A practical approach
Teaching Children to Listen in Primary Schools contains a wealth of interventions to improve listening skills across the school. It is perfect for classrooms where poor listening is an increasing barrier to teaching as the resultant distractible behaviour can make it difficult for the rest of the class to pay attention.Specialist speech and language therapists Liz Spooner and Jacqui Woodcock present activities to develop children’s key listening skills, as well as a rating scale to assess pupils on each of the four rules of good listening – looking at the person who is talking; sitting still; staying quiet; and listening to all the words. They offer advice on using these findings to inform individual education plans. Liz and Jacqui also look at why listening is important and offer 40 games to encourage children to become good listeners.
This practical guide not only contains photocopiable resources, assessment and teaching suggestions with clear and concise explanations from professionals who directly work with children on a daily basis, but it also pinpoints the behaviours that children need to learn in order to be good listeners. Teaching Children to Listen in Primary Schools is an invaluable resource for practically developing children’s listening skills.
For activities aimed specifically at Early Years children, check out Teaching Children to Listen in the Early Years.
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Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) in practice: A practical guide for all providers of early years education caring for children with SEND
Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) in practice is an essential, easy-to-read guide for early years practitioners, teachers and managers who care for children with special educational needs and want to secure the best possible outcomes for children with SEND within the setting and in partnership with their families. It provides practitioners with an overview of the most updated legislation and policy on SEND, including a section on the impact of COVID-19 to practice, and guidance on where to find additional support. The resource also explains the process for the Education, Health and Care Needs Assessment (EHCNA) and the Education and Health Care Plan (EHCP, including statutory timescales, in a way that is completely clear and accessible. The book covers: Ways to support children with specific conditions and removing barriers to learning; How to implement SEN Support and the graduated approach; Managing transitions – particularly in light of Covid-19; Child protection and safeguarding children with SEND; What funding and benefits are available to support children in the setting and at home. Photocopiable resources to support SEND practice are available in a separate section at the back of the book, together with useful website links to further training. Whatever the setting, this book provides an in-depth, practical knowledge of SEND in the early years and it is also a useful reference guide for parents and carers. It is an ideal textbook for students working towards an early years qualification.Read more
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Lessons in Teaching Computing in Primary Schools
Whether you are currently teaching or training to teach the primary computing curriculum, you need to know what effective teaching of computing in primary schools actually looks like. Written for non specialists and trainees, this book uses exemplar primary computing lessons as a starting point for developing subject knowledge. It′s a unique but tried and tested approach to developing your computing subject knowledge alongside your teaching practice.The current computing curriculum is explored in manageable chunks and there is no “scary” tech speak; everything is explained clearly and accessibly. You will find example lesson plans alongside every element of the curriculum that can be adapted to suit different year groups and different schools. This resourceful guide inspires an approach to teaching computing that is about creativity and encouraging problem solving using technology as a tool.
NEW TO THIS EDITION: Updated throughout and includes information on new apps and other resources for teaching and a brand new chapter on teaching with tablets in the primary classroom.
This book is part of the Lessons in Teaching series and includes additional online resources on its accompanying website.
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A Complete Guide to the Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training (Further Education)
A fully revised and updated third edition of the complete guide to the new Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training, suitable for use with any awarding organisation.Read more
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Computer Science for Kids: A Storytelling Approach
A kid-friendly and rigorous new way to teach young readers the fundamentals of computer science
In Computer Science for Kids: A Storytelling Approach, AWS Head of Academic Advocacy and Google Developer Expert Dr. Jen Looper delivers a colorful, fun, and exciting demonstration for young readers who want to learn the basics of computer science. Using a variety of technologies, the book covers the elements of computer science in concise detail and illustrates how to build projects to learn foundational concepts behind the technology powering the internet.
In the book, you’ll find projects to build using both basic and emerging technologies―like SQL, game development, storytelling software, and 3D augmented reality―as well as:
- Chapter projects aligned to K-12 curriculum standards for grades 6-8 and a GitHub repo featuring open-source projects
- Lesson plans for teachers
- An online space for classrooms to showcase and discuss their work
An easy-to-follow and kid-friendly new resource for technology-curious middle school students, Computer Science for Kids is the fun and interesting web development resource that classroom teachers, parents, and homeschooling families have been waiting for.
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Understanding and Using Educational Theories
This textbook gives readers a clear overview of a selection of 19 of the most influential thinkers on education, including established names (Vygotsky, Bruner, Dewey), more recent thinkers (Freire, hooks, Claxton) and other key names whose writing has helped shaped our views on teaching and learning.
Each chapter includes practical examples showing how theories can be used to inform classroom teaching, and critiques of each theorist exploring opposing viewpoints and the strengths and weaknesses of different ideas.
This third edition includes:
- New chapters on Barak Rosenshine and Daniel Goleman
- Revamped reflective tasks with a greater practical focus for the classroom
- More models and theoretical diagrams throughout
This is an essential primer for any university course that includes learning theory, with particular relevance for initial teacher education, education studies and early childhood degrees.
Karl Aubrey has recently retired from his post at Bishop Grosseteste University.
Alison Riley is the Programme Leader for the BA Early Childhood Studies at Bishop Grosseteste University.
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Teaching & Learning Illuminated: The Big Ideas, Illustrated
This exciting new book from the bestselling authors of The Science of Learning takes complex ideas around teaching and learning and makes them easy to understand and apply through beautifully illustrated graphics. Each concept is covered over a double-page spread, with a full-page graphic on one page and supportive text on the other. This unique combination of accessible images and clear explanations helps teachers navigate the key principles and understand how to best implement them in the classroom.
Distilling key findings and ideas for great evidence-based teaching from a broad range of contemporary studies, the book covers the research findings, ideas and applications from the most important and fundamental areas of teaching and learning including:
- Retrieval Practice
- Spacing
- Interleaving
- Cognitive Load Theory
- Rosenshine’s Principles
- Feedback
- Resilience
- Metacognition
Written to support, inspire and inform teaching staff and those involved in leadership and CPD, Teaching & Learning Illuminated will transform readers’ understanding of teaching and learning research.
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On the Write Track: A Practical Guide to Teaching Writing in Primary Schools
On the Write Track puts teachers’ autonomy and their knowledge of what is right for their pupils at the heart of teaching writing. It explores a set of research-based principles, before illustrating these with case studies and examples of classroom practice.
Writing is about communication. Learning to write gives children a voice that others will listen to – a voice they can use to share their ideas, articulate their feelings, amuse and delight their readers and argue for what they believe in.
While every child, every teacher and every classroom are different, approaches to teaching writing can sometimes feel prescriptive, whether they are based on a particular curriculum model, commercial scheme, assessment system or underlying philosophy.
This book provides freedom and choice by introducing a series of ‘tracks’ for writing teaching, including practical approaches to:
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- Building a community of writers in the classroom
- Employing a process-led sequence for teaching writing
- Encouraging children to write for pleasure and share their own interests
- Exploring the use of rich and diverse texts as fuel for writing
- Drawing on spoken language and oracy to develop written communication
- Teaching grammar and punctuation to support writing
- Utilising feedback to help children develop their writing voice
- Using drama and play as starting points for writing
Through considering these different tracks and thinking about how to weave them together into a coherent whole, teachers can help every child to make the journey to being a confident, skilled, keen writer.
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World Religions: Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism (KS3 Knowing Religion)
Provide students with a strong understanding of religion with high quality, engaging and content-rich resources building a firm foundation for the new GCSE 9-1 Religious Studies.
Deliver a rich, coherent RE course at KS3 and equip pupils with a deep understanding of religion with ready-made, flexible and high quality KS3 lessons.
‘Knowing Religion’ is written by an author team of experienced RE teachers and led by series editor Robert Orme of West London Free School.
- Discover the history and beliefs of Buddhism, Hinduism and Sikhism as well as these religions in the modern world
- Start teaching straight away with Teacher Guide resources available on Collins Connect, including teaching ideas and support along with answers to questions in the student books
- Give pupils the grounding they need to excel at GCSE RS
- Ignite an interest in religion through a compelling narrative, fascinating facts and extraordinary people
- Aid pupil memory with a ‘knowledge organiser’ at the end of each unit covering key vocabulary, people, places, and dates
- Spark discussion and assess understanding with questions for each lesson including longer-form discursive questions to provide extended writing and essay practice
- Each book structured as 16 lessons to offer flexibility and map onto the school timetable with ease
- The ‘Knowing Religion’ series also includes resources on Christianity, Judaism and Islam
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GCSE Religious Studies for AQA A: Islam
Please note this title is suitable for any student studying:
Exam Board: AQA
Level: GCSE
Subject: Religious Studies
First teaching: September 2016
First exams: June 2018This Student Book has been approved by AQA.
This textbook offers a tried and trusted approach to cover the study of Islam, and thematic studies from the perspective of Islam. Each chapter sets clear objectives and topic summaries, helping students understand what they need to know. Case studies provide a real-life story or perspective, showing Islam as it is practised today, and offering contemporary ethical issues for debate. The book includes a range of activity types and study tips to develop understanding. Assessment guidance runs throughout the book, offering revision checklists, practice questions and sample answer activities to support the new question types.
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IRISH GCSE REVISION – SELF, FAMILY & FRIENDS, LEISURE & DAILY ACTIVITIES (The Language Gym – Sentence Builder Books)
This book is meant as a revision resource for GCSE Irish. It can be used independently by students as well as for teacher-directed classroom practice. It contains 16 units which focus mainly on the themes: myself, family and relationships, daily activities, my role model, hobbies and leisure.Each unit consists of a knowledge organiser recapping the target sentence patterns and lexical items, a series of receptive vocabulary building activities; a set of narrow reading texts and activities; a set of translation tasks. The tasks are graded in order to pose an increasingly demanding but manageable cognitive load and challenge and are based on Dr Conti’s P.I.P.O. framework:
Pre-reading tasks (activation of prior knowledge and pre-teaching)
In-reading tasks (intensive exploitation of texts)
Post-reading tasks (consolidation)
Output (pushed-output tasks)Consistent with Dr Conti’s E.P.I. approach, each of the 16 units in the book provide extensive recycling of the target lexical items both within each unit and throughout the book, across all the dimensions of receptive and productive processing, i.e.: orthography (single letters and syllables), lexis (both words and chunks), grammar/syntax (with much emphasis on functional and positional processing), meaning and discourse.
The recycling occurs through input-flooding and forced retrieval through a wide range of engaging, tried and tested, classic Conti tasks (more than 20 per unit). These include student favourites such as slalom writing, faulty translation, spot the missing detail, sentence puzzles, etc.Table of contents
1 Introducing myself
2 Describing myself, my family and friends
3 Talking about my hobbies and interests
4 Describing a typical day in school
5 Describing what I do after school
6 Talking about a typical weekend
7 Talking about what I did last weekend
8 Talking about when I was younger
9 Discussing the qualities of a good friend
10 Describing the qualities of a good partner
11 Saying why I don’t get along with people
12 Saying why I get along with people
13 Saying why I argue with my parents
14 Discussing why couples break up
15 Talking about a person I admire
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Teaching Reading to All Learners Including Those with Complex Needs: A Framework for Progression within an Inclusive Reading Curriculum (nasen spotlight)
Learning to read and having access to a rich reading curriculum has a huge impact upon us both emotionally and academically. so how can we ensure that it is seen as an entitlement of all learners, including those defined as having profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) and the most complex needs?
This accessible book provides professionals with the knowledge and confidence to develop reading for all learners. It integrates the latest ideas and research into a practical framework to create an inclusive reading curriculum and support learners across the whole education spectrum, including those with the most complex needs. Each chapter includes a mixture of research, strategies, and case study examples, demonstrating how reading supports both wellbeing and access to learning and – with stories – provides a versatile vehicle to build on vocabulary and expand our ability to think and learn about our place in the world.
Teaching Reading to All Learners Including Those with Complex Needs is essential reading for both new and experienced teachers and special educational needs and disabilities coordinators (SENDCo)s looking to develop an inclusive reading curriculum and culture which will positively impact on the outcomes of all young people.
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Seven Myths About Education
In this controversial new book, Daisy Christodoulou offers a thought-provoking critique of educational orthodoxy. Drawing on her recent experience of teaching in challenging schools, she shows through a wide range of examples and case studies just how much classroom practice contradicts basic scientific principles. She examines seven widely-held beliefs which are holding back pupils and teachers:
- Facts prevent understanding
- Teacher-led instruction is passive
- The 21st century fundamentally changes everything
- You can always just look it up
- We should teach transferable skills
- Projects and activities are the best way to learn
- Teaching knowledge is indoctrination
In each accessible and engaging chapter, Christodoulou sets out the theory of each myth, considers its practical implications and shows the worrying prevalence of such practice. Then, she explains exactly why it is a myth, with reference to the principles of modern cognitive science. She builds a powerful case explaining how governments and educational organisations around the world have let down teachers and pupils by promoting and even mandating evidence-less theory and bad practice.
This blisteringly incisive and urgent text is essential reading for all teachers, teacher training students, policy makers, head teachers, researchers and academics around the world.
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Teaching Computing in Secondary Schools: A Practical Handbook
This book provides a step-by-step guide to teaching computing at secondary level. It offers an entire framework for planning and delivering the curriculum and shows you how to create a supportive environment for students in which all can enjoy computing. The focus throughout is on giving students the opportunity to think, program, build and create with confidence and imagination, transforming them from users to creators of technology.
In each chapter, detailed research and teaching theory is combined with resources to aid the practitioner, including case studies, planning templates and schemes of work that can be easily adapted. The book is split into three key parts: planning, delivery, and leadership and management, and covers topics such as:
- curriculum and assessment design
- lesson planning
- cognitive science behind learning
- computing pedagogy and instructional principles
- mastery learning in computing
- how to develop students’ computational thinking
- supporting students with special educational needs and disabilities
- encouraging more girls to study computing
- actions, habits and routines of effective computing teachers
- behaviour management and developing a strong classroom culture
- how to support and lead members of your team.
Teaching Computing in Secondary Schools is essential reading for trainee and practising teachers, and will prove to be an invaluable resource in helping teaching professionals ensure that students acquire a wide range of computing skills which will support them in whatever career they choose.
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Teach Like a Champion 3.0: 63 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College
Teach Like a Champion 3.0 is the long-awaited update to Doug Lemov’s highly regarded guide to the craft of teaching. This book teaches you how to create a positive and productive classroom that encourages student engagement, trust, respect, accountability, and excellence. In this edition, you’ll find new and updated teaching techniques, the latest evidence from cognitive science and culturally responsive teaching practices, and an expanded companion video collection. Learn how to build students’ background knowledge, move learning into long-term memory, and connect your teaching with the curriculum content for tangible improvement in learning outcomes.
The new version of the book includes:
- An introductory chapter on mental models for teachers to use to guide their decision-making in the classroom.
- A brand new chapter on Lesson Preparation.
- 10 new techniques
- Updated and revised versions of all the technique readers know and use
- A brand new set of exemplar videos, including more than a dozen longer “keystone” videos which show how teachers combine and balance technique over a stretch of 8 to 10 minutes of teaching.
- Extensive discussion of research in social and cognitive science to support and guide the use of techniques.
- Additional online resources, and supports
Read this powerful update to discover the techniques that leading teachers are using to put students on the path to success.
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GCSE Computer Science for OCR Student Book Updated Edition
Written for the OCR GCSE Computer Science updated specification (J277) for first teaching from 2020. This print student book has been updated and reordered and uses an exciting and engaging approach to help students build their knowledge and master underlying computing principles and concepts. Designed to develop computational thinking, programming and problem-solving skills, this resource includes challenges and real-life examples that demonstrate how computer science relates to everyday life with practice questions. Our new reflection feature will help students to reflect on their progress and see where they could improve. Answers can be found in the teacher’s resource.Read more
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Descriptosaurus: Supporting Creative Writing for Ages 8–14
Now in a fully updated third edition, Descriptosaurus is the first book for creative writing that is a thematic expansion of a dictionary and a thesaurus; it provides children with a comprehensive resource with which to expand their descriptive vocabulary, experiment with language and sentence structure and build up narratives based around settings, characters and creatures.
Descriptosaurus positions the word, zooms in on it to examine the meaning, expands it into phrases, and then provides alternatives in words, phrases and sentences; the model was created and refined over a number of years as a result of feedback from children inside and outside the classroom as to the resources they required to inspire and assist them with their writing. For reluctant writers or those faced with blank page syndrome, it provides essential starting points to encourage putting pen to paper, not only inspiring children, but also building their confidence, encouraging them to use, apply and create using the correct grammatical structures, and adding colour to their writing through evaluation and experimentation.
New features for this updated third edition include:
- Sample poems
- Word banks and model sentences to provide a step-by-step process for development of vocabulary and understanding of phrase, clause and sentence structure
- Contextualised grammar and punctuation instruction and guidance
- Units of work where the models can be incorporated in a creative focus
- A companion website containing all the features of the book, games, planning sheets and vocabulary builders
This is an ideal resource to dramatically improve children’s creative writing for all KS2 primary and KS3 secondary English teachers, literacy coordinators and parents. It would also make an excellent classroom book for PGCE students, particularly Primary PGCE with English specialism.
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Explaining Primary Science
Successful science teaching in primary schools requires a careful understanding of key scientific knowledge. This book covers all the major areas of science relevant for beginning primary school teachers, explaining key concepts from the ground up, helping trainees develop into confident science educators.
This new edition comes with:
· New guidance on teaching primary science today
· Activities to enhance your understanding of key teaching topics
· Links to national curricula for England, Scotland, Australia and New Zealand
· Videos of useful science experiments and demonstrations for the primary classroom
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Teaching Computing Unplugged in Primary Schools: Exploring primary computing through practical activities away from the computer
Teaching primary computing without computers?The Computing curriculum is a challenge for primary school teachers. The realities of primary school resources mean limited access to computer hardware. But computing is about more than computers. Important aspects of the fundamental principles and concepts of computer science can be taught without any hardware. Children can learn to analyse problems and computational terms and apply computational thinking to solve problems without turning on a computer.
This book shows you how you can teach computing through ‘unplugged’ activities. It provides lesson examples and everyday activities to help teachers and pupils explore computing concepts in a concrete way, accelerating their understanding and grasp of key ideas such as abstraction, logic, algorithms and data representation. The unplugged approach is physical and collaborative, using kinaesthetic learning to help make computing concepts more meaningful and memorable.
This book will help you to elevate your teaching, and your children′s learning of computing beyond the available hardware. It focuses on the building blocks of understanding required for computation thinking.
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Collins Easy Learning Preschool Wipe-Clean – 6 books set
Young learners can practise reading, writing and number skills with this collection of books. With wipe-clean pages and pen so that children can try the activities again and again.Read more
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German All-in-One For Dummies, with CD
Learn to speak German? Easy.German All-in-One For Dummies conveniently combines titles from the German Dummies library into one handy guide that covers all of the bases of the German language. For those looking to master fluency in this popular language, this book and CD combo are an efficient and logical choice.
German All-in-One For Dummies brings together content from German For Dummies, 2nd Edition, German For Dummies Audio Set, German Phrases For Dummies, Intermediate German For Dummies, and German Essentials For Dummies. ??Plus, it includes a new CD that allows for even more opportunities to practice speaking the language, as well as additional content on grammar and usage to empower you to use and speak German like a native.
- Offers instruction and practice exercises for both speaking and writing German
- Helps you prepare to demonstrate proficiency in conversational German
If you want to improve your German, whether it’s for work, travel, or enjoyment, German All-in-One For Dummies has you covered.
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AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one
The contents are carefully mapped to the AQA AS and A level specifications, so you can be sure you are studying exactly what you need to. The book focuses on the key topics of Families and Households, Education, Methods in Context and Research Methods to achieve the depth of coverage required for top grades. Clear headings and subheadings signpost and organise the content – particularly important for students new to the subject. The text is accessible to students of all abilities, with key concepts, methods and studies explained in straightforward language pitched at just the right level for first year A level students. The attractive, full-colour design and thought-provoking photos stimulate students’ interest and engagement. There are realistic practice exam questions throughout the book, together with detailed guidance on tackling them, plus marked student answers with examiner’s commentaries to show what is expected. A separate chapter on preparing for the exams gives detailed examiner’s advice and provides separate practice exam questions for AS and A level papers. Every Topic includes activities for individual and group work to check students’ understanding and consolidate and deepen their learning. The book comes with a comprehensive, free online resource package, including free student workbooks, online activities and schemes of work. The authors are experienced chief and principal examiners, teachers and authors who have written extensively for AS and A level students and teachers. This book is the companion volume to AQA A Level Sociology Book Two by the same authors.Read more
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A Different View of Curriculum and Assessment for Severe, Complex and Profound Learning Disabilities (Connecting Research with Practice in Special and Inclusive Education)
A Different View of Curriculum and Assessment links a theoretical pedagogical model with a sympathetic practical model of curriculum and assessment difference for those with PMLD, CLD and SLD.
Split into two parts, this accessible resource combines theoretical explanations with first-hand accounts of how this works in educational establishments, through the analysis of evidence-based practice carried out in a number of English special (specialist) schools. The expert authors challenge the notion that a national, or common core standards, curriculum, however expertly differentiated, is fit-for-purpose for the PMLD, CLD and SLD populations in any country. A Different View offers cogent and reasoned arguments for considering that irrespective of age, such learners learn differently to their neuro-typical, conventionally developing peers. If they learn differently, this book shows how we should be teaching them differently.
Reflecting the centrality of process over product, this book will clearly explain how each individual learner might be enabled and facilitated to become the best they can be and do the best they can do, in order to fully realise their potential as equal and independent citizens.
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Lgbt Diversity and Inclusion in Early Years Education (Diversity and Inclusion in the Early Years)
Children and families come in all shapes and sizes, as do members of staff. LGBT Diversity and Inclusion in Early Years Education will support practitioners in thinking about LGBT issues in relation to their early years practice.
It examines the history of equalities legislation and the diversity of families with LGBT members alongside pragmatic advice to ensure that all children, families and staff feel welcomed and celebrated in the early years setting.
This book offers realistic advice and practical guidance, which results from years of first-hand experience in the early years sector. The chapters explore key topics such as:
- A brief history of legislation in the UK in regard to LGBT diversity
- Good practice with children and families
- LGBT diversity in an early years work environment
- Resourcing for equality
Including case studies, reading lists and links to useful websites and organisations, this book will be valuable reading for all early years practitioners and students that want to promote an inclusive environment for the children in their care.
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